Passing but not learning?

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I'll try to keep this short and sweet.

I'm in a night and weekend RN program and work about 20 hours a week sometimes more. I'm passing my classes - passed into to Pham and health assessment last semester and I'm in Fundamentals now, in the last weeks of the class.

Like I said I'm passing well enough, but I'm scared that maybe I'm just passing and not actually LEARNING this info for my future career... maybe this is coming up because I did the worst I've ever done on a test in NS tonight, or just my insecurities coming out... but am I the only one feeling this way? Has anyone that is now a successful RN ever felt this way in school?

This is my foundation and I'm worried its not strong enough.

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I tried earlier but had issues. Fixed now lol.

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I'm a recent graduate from a 15-month accelerated nursing program and I most definitely felt that way. Mostly because of the rapid fire pace in which we were given the material. I still feel like I don't know anything...lol. I'm not a working nurse yet, even though I have my license but I hear 90% of what you'll learn and need to know will be obtained on the job. I'm not sure how true of an assessment that is but it's strangely comforting when I have doubts about my current abilities.

You may think you're not learning the material like you should but you may be surprised at how much you really know.

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I felt that way. But now that I have started working, I can see that I know a lot more than I realize and it makes more sense now. And I have learned so much from working.

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Specializes in Family Nursing & Psychiatry.

I attended a BSN program and was hired in a tele floor. I defiantly felt like I wasn't learning anything. In all honesty, you are being taught everything but only retain the basics during nursing school. I realized after graduation this and I was right. Starting on the floor, I knew off hand my knowledge gaps and weaknesses. That is why they say the first few months are the toughest... it's a HUGE learning curve. If I had to so NS all over again, I would devote less energy into making the care plan and more time to sleep before clinicals. Then when in clinicals, I would have asked the nurse to show me what I really needed to know...

Matthew Andrew, BSN RN

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What is "NS"?

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nursing school

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